Bug#469251: [Pkg-mc-devel] Bug#469251: mcedit: terminal dependent vanishing or chameleon cursor over leading whitespace

2008-03-04 Thread Patrick Winnertz 
Am Dienstag, 4. März 2008 12:44:39 schrieb Thomas Dickey:
 On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 09:20:09AM +0100, A. Costa wrote:
  Package: mc
  Version: 1:4.6.2~pre1-5
  Severity: normal
 
 
  Start 'mcedit borked_mcedit.txt' (attached) in 'gnome-terminal'.  The
  cursor is a white square over the letter 'a'.  Press down arrow twice,
  the cursor vanishes.  Keep pressing down arrow and the cursor
  reappears over the 'f'.

 sounds like yet another gnome-terminal bug
Mh.. yes.

  (Maybe the invisible cursor is some odd 'gnome-terminal' setting
  on my system, or a bug.  But the color changing occurs in several
  terminals.)

 xterm changes color to help keep the cursor visible...
So what would you suggest? Reassign to gnome-terminal?

Greetings
Winnie


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Bug#469251: [Pkg-mc-devel] Bug#469251: mcedit: terminal dependent vanishing or chameleon cursor over leading whitespace

2008-03-04 Thread A. Costa 
On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:38:15 -0500
Thomas Dickey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Start 'mcedit borked_mcedit.txt' (attached) in
'gnome-terminal'.  The cursor is a white square over the letter
'a'.  Press down arrow twice, the cursor vanishes.  Keep
pressing down arrow and the cursor reappears over the 'f'.
 ...
   xterm changes color to help keep the cursor visible...
  So what would you suggest? Reassign to gnome-terminal?
 
 yes 

The 'xterm' color changing behavior is annoying -- I don't expect the
cursor to change color (or shape) unless to indicate a mode change,
(e.g. insert/overwrite).  And light blue over blue is less visible than
white or black on blue; the cursor blends in with the background like a
chameleon. See attached before/after '.png' snapshots.

Rather than reassigning, I'd suggest 'cloning' the bug to
'gnome-terminal'.   The cloned bugs might be retitled:

mcedit: terminal dependent chameleon cursor over leading whitespace
gnome-terminal: vanishing cursor over leading whitespace in 'mcedit'

HTH...
attachment: Screenshot_white_cursor.pngattachment: Screenshot_blue_cursor.png